People spend so much time talking about the three major news networks on cable. CNN is the original and the most respected of the three. Fox News Channel clearly is a right-wing propaganda machine and MSNBC has a strong left-wing slant to its coverage (some would say to counterbalance what is spewed on Fox). Some big news surfaced Monday that MSNBC has chosen to remove hosts Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from its coverage of live political events as it has caved in to the political pressure from crybaby Republicans who are all too willing to ignore the right-wing bias streaming from Fox News Channel's broadcasts - particularly with hosts like Bill O'Reilly, Laura Ingraham, Greta Van Susteren (it really saddens me she has sold out to the right and watched her credibility and objectivity go swirling down the drain) and Sean Hannity. Fox and Friends are obviously pathetically biased as well in their ongoing mission to commit journalistic atrocities ... one day at a time. Fortunately, I do not get to watch that crew since I am at work (of that I am eternally grateful). Lackluster economy aside, that is reason enough to have a traditional day job. The biggest sin committed by Olbermann and Matthews is that they were up front with their political lean. People like O'Reilly remind me of O.J. Simpson in that they have truly convinced themselves that they are right and everyone else is wrong. I have truly come to believe that O.J. believes he has committed no crimes and I truly believe that O'Reilly believes he has committed no crimes against the good name of journalism, ethics and objective television analysis. O'Reilly will lie and tell you he calls it right down the middle and make every excuse in the world when you point out his numerous hypocrisies. Olbermann and Matthews were not in fact fired - in spite of how hard Fox and Friends apparently tried to push that angle in one of their broadcasts. They will be valuable analysts for the network, but an anchor should have less of a political lean (you hear that Fox ... with the very biased Brit Hume?). David Gregory is a good guy and should do a fair job of calling it as he sees it and the excellent analysis of MSNBC I think will continue to jazz up the networks broadcasts. Oh, and by the way, Fox having anyone crowing about anyone else being biased is laughable and suggesting that the White House (Bush and Cheney ... are you serious?) should have an opportunity to vet any new MSNBC host is ridiculous.
Think Progress on Olbermann/Matthews MSNBC move:
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/08/thinkfast-september-8-2008/
Fox News Hounds:
http://www.newshounds.us/2008/09/08/fox_friends_maybe_msnbc_should_consult_with_white_house_to_get_ok_on_election_anchors.php
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